A must-have for this summer! We've created an 'all-purpose miso sauce' that keeps your body in balance with 7 different uses.

Do you think of miso sauce as a 'winter' thing?
Not at all, it's also great in the summer.
It goes well with chilled tofu, tomatoes, somen noodles, chilled pork shabu-shabu, and even bread.

| Don't let your body get cold—use 'miso power' in the summer

Actually, in the summer, your body gets colder than in winter due to air conditioning. You feel cold when you enter a room, but you're drenched in sweat when you go outside... Don't you feel more and more exhausted when you get stuck in this loop?

It's the season when chilled tofu, tomatoes, and cucumbers taste delicious, butusing 'miso sauce' is a great way to avoid getting too cold. Since miso has the effect of warming the body, you're actually missing out if you don't use it in the summer!
Even if you feel like miso soup is a bit much in the summer, 'miso sauce' is easy to use with various dishes, right? So, I'd like to introduce 7 ways to use it, from classic ideas to some that will surprise you.

Now, let's get right to the recipe.

◆ Ingredients (easy-to-make amount)

3 tablespoons each of miso, mirin, and sake
2 teaspoons of sugar (can be substituted with honey)

* 'Shinshu miso' is used in this recipe.

◆ How to make

In a small pot, combine 3 tablespoons each of miso, mirin, and sake
and 2 teaspoons of sugar, then mix well.
(Honey can be used instead of sugar)

Heat over a flame until it starts to bubble lightly. Simmer while occasionally shaking the pot to prevent burning.

When it has simmered down to about half its volume, the bubbles will become larger. Once the sauce darkens in color and reaches a nice consistency, it's done.

Store the finished sauce in the refrigerator and try to use it up within about a week.
Honestly, this is an all-purpose 'miso sauce' that goes with everything, but let me introduce some recommended ways to use it.

◆ How to use

On chilled tofu

On tomatoes

On boiled greens

For pork

For somen noodles

For rice

For bread

▼ There are other 'convenient sauce recipes' too

| Do you know the 'hiya-atsu' way of eating?

Thank you for reading this far. Did you find a way of eating that interests you?

By the way, the style of pouring hot miso sauce over cold tofu was inspired by the 'hiya-atsu' way of eating, which is something only people from Udon Prefecture know.

Savoring the contrast in temperature between the chilled tofu and the piping hot miso sauce is a truly luxurious (yet very easy to make) way to eat during the summer.

Be sure to try this all-purpose sauce that is a must-have in your fridge this summer.